八年级下学期英语期中试题及答案

八年级半个学期时间快要过去了，八年级英语期中考试就要来临。以下是小编给你推荐的八年级下学期英语期中试题及参考答案，希望对你有帮助!

一、听力(20分)

A. 听对话回答问题 (共10 小题;每小题1分;计 10分)

本部分共有10道小题，每小题你将听到一段对话，根据所听到的内容，选择正确答语。(听两遍)

5. What will the weather be like?

A. Sunny. B. Cloudy. C. Rainy.

6 . What is Jane probably doing now?

A. She is singing. B. She is reading comics. C. She is doing housework.

7. What do we know about the new mobile phone?

A. The man bought it himself.

B. It was a present from the man’s uncle.

C. The man got it from a friend.

8. How long has it rained?

A. For three hours. B. For five hour. C. For two hours.

9. What does the man mean?

A. He is good at climbing high. B. It is not high at all. C. He may fall and hurt himself.

10. What does Ms. Zhang think of David?

A. He walks too fast. B. He walks very slowly. C. He can’t walk any farther.

B)听对话或独白，选择正确的答案。(听两遍)

听第一段对话，回答第11～第12题。

11. What will Mary do this Sunday?

A. Go to the park B. Go to see Tom C. Play football

12. What is wrong with Tom?

A. He has a bad cold B. He has a headache C. His leg is hurt

听第一篇短文，回答第13至15小题。请根据短文内容，选择正确答案，完成信息记录表。

Ways to save eyes How Advantages

Way 1 Wear ___13___ and soft socks or cloth shoes Make blood circulation better

Way 2 Walk on ___14 ___ Fight against eyesight trouble

Way 3 Skip rope so that one has to move quickly Make both the brain and the eyes excited. Help one grow taller

Way 4 Pull one’s ears __15__ Keep one’s eyes healthy

13. A. tight B. small C. comfortable

14. A. foot B. tiptoe C. legs

15. A. 10 times B. 20 times C. 50 times

听第二篇短文，回答第16至20小题

16. One day a man and a tiger were talking about who was ________.

A. the strongest B. the tallest C. the happiest

17. The man thought _________.

A. men could do anything B. men were the strongest

C. tigers were strong animals

18. When the tiger heard what the man said, he said _________.

A. tigers were the strongest B. men were the strongest C. he thought so

19. As they walked on, they saw a picture with ____________.

A. some men on top of a tiger B. a man under a tiger C. a man on top of a tiger

20. Tigers don’t know _____________.

A. who were stronger B. whose picture it was C. how to draw a picture

二、单项填空(本大题共15小题，每小题1分，共15 分)

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

21. -- What do you think of _____________ film Big Hero 6?

--- Oh, it's ____________ exciting film and the hero Baymax really touched me.

A. the; a B. a; the C. the; an D. a; an

22. My father ______________ dinner at restaurants last year, but now he usually comes back home from work and cooks supper for us.

A. used to have B. is used to have C. was used to have D. is used to having

e ______________ in spring in Jiangyin, but the weather there is usually nice at this time of year.

A. may have rain B. may be rainy C. may be rain D. must have rain

24. All of us have been to the park ____________________ because both of you are ill at home.

A. except you and he B. except him and you C. except he and you D. except you and him

25. --- You are late again. The class _______________ for five minutes.

--- Sorry. There’s something wrong with my bike.

A. began B. has begun C. was on D. has been on

Yang can’t help _______________ the room because he is busy with his work.

A. cleaning B. cleaned C. to clean D. be cleaning

27. ---The couple _______ abroad recently. They’ll return home in 3 days.

---What great fun! But I _______ my hometown since I worked.

A. have been; have never left B. have gone; have never left

C. have been; have been away from D have gone; have been away from

boy refused ____________ so many strange questions.

A. to answer B. answering C. answer D. answered

climbed up the ladder __________ the wall and went into the room __________ the open window.

A. through; against B. against; through

C. against; against D. through; through

30. His father knew little about the secret __________ I told him the other day .

A. when B. after C. until D. while

had few close friends. So she didn’t know _________________ about the trouble.

A. who to talk B. who to talk to

C. who to say D. what to talk

32.---Someone is knocking at the door. Who may it be?

---It ___________ be Tom. He is still in the school.

A. can’t B. mustn’t C. couldn’t D. may not

33. The twins look the same, but they are really different.

A. at a time B. from time to time C. by the way D. in some ways

34.K. Rowling finished the first Harry Potter book in 1995 but it wasn’t ___________ in the very beginning.

A. great successful B. a great success C. a great successful D. great success

35. ---I’m always afraid of giving a speech in front of the class.

--- You can do it well.

A. I’m sorry to hear that. B. Take it easy.

C. You are too nervous. D. Good luck.

三、完形填空(本大题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分)

Do you have the ability to live cheaply? Now here's a true story of an American girl, Sarah.

36 Sarah left university, she began to live in New York on her own. She found a job in a publishing house, but the salary(薪水)was 37 $30,000 a year. Her parents thought her life would be hard, but Sarah could live on her salary and still saved $5,000 in a year. How was that ______38 in one of the most expensive cities in the world?

Cheap living always starts with keeping the big cost small. For most people, that 39 housing. So Sarah chose to share a flat with three other friends. Her next biggest cost was 40 . When she ate out, she went to cheap restaurants. Once she bought a $9.99 whole chicken at a local restaurant. She then 41 the chicken bones home and made soup out of them. Nowadays young people often 42 a lot of money on entertainment(娱乐) Sarah said ,“I enjoy walking 43 in New York City. I love going to museums and parks." Did Sarah feel poor by cheap living? Not really. She even managed to take two trips, one to the Netherlands, 44 to Portland.

“Don't think of saving money as something 45 . It's a kind of game," said Sarah.

36.A. Until B. Because C. After D. Before

37.A. more than B. less than C. at least D. higher than

38. A. difficult B. possible C. useful D. different

39. A. helps B. becomes C. makes D. means

40. A. food B. rest C. study D. hobby

41.A. prepared B. took C. caught D. picked

42.A. pay B. cost C spend D. save

43.A. along B. up C. down D. around

44.A. the other B. another C. other D. the others

45. A. hard B. interesting C. easy D. tiny

四、阅读理解(本大题共10小题，每小题2分，共20分)

阅读下面的'短文，然后根据短文内容，从每小题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项

A

If you have no special plans for your holiday, why not spend your time helping others?

Don’t listen to people who say that young people today often think of only themselves. It’s not true at all. More and more young people in the U.S.A. volunteer to spend their school holidays working for others. And they don’t do it for money. Here are some of their stories.

Alice Hamilton, 17

I’m going to help the Forest Centre build new hiking paths in the mountains. It’s going to be wonderful. I’ll spend the whole summer living in a tent and breathing the clean mountain air. I’m going to sleep under the stars. It will be a nice sport, and I’ll be able to do something good at the same time!

Jason Moore, 18

This summer I’m going to volunteer with Special House Program. They build good, low-cost houses and sell them to families that are not very rich. They’ll teach me what to do, so I’ll help people and also have a chance to learn how to build houses.

Trish Anderson, 16

I’m going to teach kids who have trouble in reading. I’ll work for a program called Reading for Life. Every day, I’m going to help kids choose and read books that they like. I want to be a teacher and I love children and reading, so this is going to be a great experience for me.

46. More and more young people in the U.S.A. _____________.

A. like to help others on school holidays. B. want to make money by helping others

C. only think of themselves D. spend holidays travelling in the mountains

47. Which of the following statement about Jason Moore is RIGHT?

A. He likes reading very much. B. His family isn’t very rich.

C. He is the oldest of the three. D. He is good at sports.

48. Which is the most possible title for this passage?

A. Reading B. A Special House Program C. The Forest Centre D. Young American Volunteers

B

During all this time, I never stopped thinking about escape(逃跑). When I travelled across to the other side of the island, I could see the other islands, and I said to myself, “Perhaps I can get there with a boat. Perhaps I can get back to England one day.”

So I decided to make myself a boat. I cut down a big tree, and then began to make a long hole in it. It was hard work, but about six months later, I had a very fine canoe(独木舟). Next, I had to get it down to the sea. How silly I was! Why didn’t I think carefully before I began to work? Of course, the canoe was too heavy. I couldn’t move it! I pulled and pushed and tried everything, but it didn’t move. I was very unhappy for a long time after that.

In my sixth year on the island, I did make myself a smaller canoe, but I did not try to escape in it. The boat was too small for a long journey, and I did not want to die at sea. The island was my home now, and I was just happy to be alive. A year or two later, I made myself a second canoe on the other side of the island. I also built myself a second house there, and so I had two homes.

I kept food and tools at both of my houses, and also wild goats. There were many goats on the island, and I made fields with high fences to keep them in. They learnt to take food from me, and soon I had goats’ milk to drink every day. I also worked hard in my corn fields. And so, many years went by.

49. We can infer(推断) from the first paragraph that the writer 　　　　.

A. was probably from England B. lived happily on the island

C. lost his way on the island D. was born on the island

50. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A. The writer made himself a smaller canoe in his sixth year on the island.

B. The writer made fields with high fences to keep many wild goats in.

C. The writer didn’t try to escape because he had two homes on the island.

D. The writer knew the canoe was too small for a long journey across the sea.

51. This story is mainly about how the writer 　　　　.

A. kept goats in the fields B. escaped from the island

C. built houses by himself D. survived on the island